Paul-Émile Victor
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Victor was born in Geneva, Switzerland to French Jewish parents of Bohemian and Polish descent. He graduated from École Centrale de Lyon in 1928. In 1931, he learned how to fly with his instructor and friend, Claude de Cambronne. In 1936, he led an expedition traversing Greenland by dog-sled. Victor, Robert Gessain, Michel Perez, and Eigil Knuth completed the 825 km from Christianshåb in the west to Angmagssalik in the east in 44 days. During World War II, he engaged himself in the US Air Forces. After the War, he initiated the Expéditions polaires françaises to organize French polar expeditions. He died in 1995 on Bora Bora, to which he had retired in 1977.
A survey led by Victor in 1951 concluded that, under the ice sheet, Greenland is composed of three large islands. In 1952 he was awarded the Patron's Medal by the Royal Geographical Society of London for the work.
Mount Victor, in the Belgica Mountains of Antarctica, is named for him.
His son, Jean-Christophe Victor, stars in the weekly geopolitical show ''Le dessous des cartes'' on Arte until December 2016. Another son, Teva Victor, is a sculptor. Provided by Wikipedia
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461by Portier, Emilie, Mercier, Denis, Decaulne, ArmelleContributors: “...-2026) funded by the French Polar Institute Paul-Emile Victor (IPEV)....”
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462by Portier, Emilie, Mercier, Denis, Decaulne, ArmelleContributors: “...-2026) funded by the French Polar Institute Paul-Emile Victor (IPEV)....”
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463by Stuart, Romilly Harris, Faber, Anne Katrine, Wahl, Sonja, Hörhold, Maria W., Kipfstuhl, Sepp, Vasskog, Kristian, Behrens, Melanie, Zuhr, Alexandra M., Steen-Larsen, Hans ChristianContributors: “... Français Paul Emile Victor, IPEV; A.P. Møller og Hustru Chastine Mc-Kinney Møllers Fond til almene Formaal...”
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464by Széréméta, Nadia, Bassinot, Franck, Balut, Yvon, Labeyrie, Laurent, Pagel, MauriceContributors: “...L'Institut polaire français Paul-Emile Victor (IPEV)...”
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465by Stuart, Romilly Harris, Faber, Anne Katrine, Wahl, Sonja, Hörhold, Maria W., Kipfstuhl, Sepp, Vasskog, Kristian, Behrens, Melanie, Zuhr, Alexandra M., Steen-Larsen, Hans ChristianContributors: “... Français Paul Emile Victor, IPEV; A.P. Møller og Hustru Chastine Mc-Kinney Møllers Fond til almene Formaal...”
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466by Crouzet, Nicolas, Guillot, Tristan, Agabi, Karim, Rivet, Jean-Pierre, Bondoux, Erick, Challita, Zalpha, Fanteï-Caujolle, Yan, Fressin, François, Mékarnia, Djamel, Schmider, François-Xavier, Valbousquet, Franck, Blazit, Alain, Bonhomme, Serge, Abe, Lyu, Daban, Jean-Baptiste, Gouvret, Carole, Fruth, Thomas, Rauer, Heike, Erikson, Anders, Barbieri, Mauro, Aigrain, Suzanne, Pont, FrédéricContributors: “...L'Institut polaire français Paul-Emile Victor (IPEV)...”
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468by Crouzet, Nicolas, Guillot, Tristan, Agabi, Karim, Rivet, Jean-Pierre, Bondoux, Erick, Challita, Zalpha, Fanteï-Caujolle, Yan, Fressin, François, Mékarnia, Djamel, Schmider, François-Xavier, Valbousquet, Franck, Blazit, Alain, Bonhomme, Serge, Abe, Lyu, Daban, Jean-Baptiste, Gouvret, Carole, Fruth, Thomas, Rauer, Heike, Erikson, Anders, Barbieri, Mauro, Aigrain, Suzanne, Pont, FrédéricContributors: “...L'Institut polaire français Paul-Emile Victor (IPEV)...”
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469by Chang, Chung-Ming, Lebarbenchon, Camille, Gauthier-Clerc, Michel, Le Bohec, Céline, Beaune, David, Le Maho, Yvon, Van Der Werf, SylvieContributors: “...Support from the Institut Polaire Français–Paul Emile Victor (IPEV), from a Centre de Recherche de...”
Published in Polar Biology (2009)
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470by Keyser, Christine, Hollard, Clemence, Gonzalez, Angela, Fausser, Jean-Luc, Rivals, Eric, Alexeev, Anatoly Nikolayevich, Riberon, Alexandre, Crubezy, Eric, Ludes, BertrandContributors: “...- Human Adaptation programme of the French Polar Institute Paul Emile Victor- French Archaeological...”
Published in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences (2015)
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471by Chang, Chung-Ming, Lebarbenchon, Camille, Gauthier-Clerc, Michel, Le Bohec, Céline, Beaune, David, Le Maho, Yvon, van Der Werf, SylvieContributors: “...Support from the Institut Polaire Français–Paul Emile Victor (IPEV), from a Centre de Recherche de...”
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473by Garnier, Alexia, Chapuis, Jean-Louis, Svanella-Dumas, L., Renault, D, Lebouvier, MarcContributors: “...L'Institut polaire français Paul-Emile Victor (IPEV)...”
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474by Beaune, David, Le Bohec, Céline, Lucas, Fabrice, Gauthier-Clerc, Michel, Le Maho, YvonContributors: “...Work supported by the Institut Polaire Français-Paul-Emile Victor (IPEV), by the project Zones...”
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475by Beaune, David, Le Bohec, Céline, Lucas, Fabrice, Gauthier-Clerc, Michel, Le Maho, YvonContributors: “...Work supported by the Institut Polaire Français-Paul-Emile Victor (IPEV), by the project Zones...”
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